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The Wonders of Creation
Manuscripts of the Bavarian Sate Library from the Islamic World
Exhibition 16 Sept to 5 Dec 2010
With a series of exhibitions and events entitled 'Changing views: 100 years after the exhibition Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst', numerous cultural institutions in Munich are commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of this legendary exhibition in 2010 http://www.changing-views.de/. With more than 3.500 objects on display, this exhibition was the thus far largest and most extensive collection of Islamic art ever to be seen. In the context of this famous and epochal exhibition, the Royal Court and State Library in Munich displayed its first exhibition of 262 oriental manuscripts.
Continuing the tradition of 1910, the Bavarian State Library presents a choice selection of Islamic manuscripts, looking back on the one hand on the library*s exhibition with a collection of precious objects from the original presentation in the Fürstensaal, and, on the other hand, displaying valuable new acquisitions of the last 100 years in the so-called 'Schatzkammer' (treasury). Among the 82 exhibits are magnificent Koran manuscripts and prayer books, well-known illustrated Arabic manuscripts, outstanding Persian and Turkish miniatures, high-grade calligraphies and selected samples of special book-making techniques.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Address: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Ludwigstr. 16, 80539 München
Underground lines U3 and U6, station Universität
An exhibition catalogue is available in German and English:
Die Wunder der Schöpfung: Handschriften aus dem islamischen Kulturkreis = The Wonders of Creation: Manuscripts of the Bavarian State Library from the Islamic world. Ed. Helga Rebhan. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2010
For further information, please contact
Peter Schnitzlein, Tel. 0049 89 28638 2429; [log in to unmask]
or
Dr. Helga Rebhan
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Ludwigstr. 16
D-80539 Muenchen
Germany
Tel. 0049 89 28638 2477
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